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“ Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” Nelson Mandela A list of resources compiled by UNCCD library on environmental education and a focus on land education , desertification and land degradation, SDG15 and: United Nations Conference on the Environment, 5-16 June 1972, Stockholm, the First world conference on the environment sees…

Restoring degrading lands can help us mitigate climate change. Land can be our greatest ally in fighting climate change, but first we need to restore it to full health. Solutions that slow climate change, restore nature and biodiversity, protect us against pandemics, allow us to produce more food, create jobs, reduce inequalities, build peace. Restoring degrading land…

Desertification and Drought Day, running under the slogan “Food. Feed. Fibre.” seeks to provoke changes in diet and behaviours – such as cutting food waste, buying from local markets and swapping clothes instead of always buying new – can free up land for other uses and lower carbon emissions . Changing consumer and corporate behaviour, having more efficient planning and sustainable practices,…

Desertification and Drought Day 2021. Restoration, Land, Recovery. Land restoration is an essential component of any building-forward strategy. Without land restoration, we will continue to face global crises. Ensuring food and water security, reducing emissions and conserving biodiversity will not be possible without concerted efforts to regenerate our natural capital and…

The UNCCD library has opened its archives to revisit the important milestones of the Convention: the first scientific evidence of desertification, authentic papers from the negotiation process before 1994, awareness raising materials and more. In the sunup to the World Day to Combat Desertification 2019, the library showcased these materials at the Convention's headquarters in the historic UN…

UNCCD Library Online Collections Monographs and serials collection – The library holds collection of monographs and series that support the Organization's research and daily work in the fields of development, economics, environment, land, soils, agriculture, energy, water, climate change, biodiversity, science and technology, gender, security, migration, sand and dust storms and sustainable…